Frost history / Elephant Butte Dam, NM
Elephant Butte Dam, NM: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00292848, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 4,571 ft, 33.146, -107.184. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Mar 23 | Nov 11 |
| Earliest | Feb 18 (2024) | Oct 22 (1996) |
| Latest | Apr 20 (1971) | Dec 11 (2021) |
| Trend | 3.5 days earlier per decade | 0.6 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 62 | 64 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 8 and the median first fall date is Nov 20.
The trend is a straight-line fit through the years with a freeze. A positive spring trend means the last frost now comes later. Short or patchy records give noisy trends.
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Last spring frost (32°F)
First fall frost (32°F)
Dots are single years. The gray line is the median, the green line the fitted trend.
Year by year
| Year | Last spring 32°F | First fall 32°F | Last spring 28°F | First fall 28°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Apr 6 | Dec 2 | Feb 1 | Dec 6 |
| 2024 | Feb 18 | Nov 9 | Feb 13 | Dec 11 |
| 2023 | Mar 3 | Nov 23 | Mar 2 | Dec 10 |
| 2022 | Mar 13 | Nov 12 | Mar 12 | Nov 17 |
| 2021 | Mar 26 | Dec 11 | Mar 25 | Dec 12 |
| 2020 | Feb 27 | Oct 26 | Feb 27 | Oct 26 |
| 2019 | Feb 25 | Oct 31 | Feb 24 | Nov 1 |
| 2018 | Mar 7 | Nov 12 | Mar 6 | Nov 12 |
| 2017 | Feb 26 | Nov 19 | Jan 31 | Dec 8 |
| 2016 | Feb 26 | Nov 30 | Feb 24 | Nov 30 |
| 2015 | Mar 7 | Nov 13 | Mar 7 | Nov 22 |
| 2014 | Feb 21 | Nov 13 | Feb 7 | Nov 17 |
| 2013 | no data | Nov 23 | no data | Nov 24 |
| 2011 | no data | Nov 3 | no data | Dec 3 |
| 2010 | Mar 21 | Nov 13 | Feb 24 | Nov 26 |
| 2009 | Feb 22 | Oct 29 | Feb 20 | Nov 17 |
| 2008 | Mar 18 | Nov 7 | Mar 4 | Nov 21 |
| 2007 | Mar 6 | Nov 25 | Mar 6 | Nov 25 |
| 2005 | Mar 16 | no data | Mar 16 | no data |
| 2004 | Apr 12 | Nov 2 | Feb 28 | Nov 30 |
| 2003 | no data | Nov 23 | no data | Nov 24 |
| 2000 | Mar 23 | no data | Mar 23 | no data |
| 1999 | Apr 6 | no data | Mar 19 | no data |
| 1997 | no data | Oct 27 | no data | Nov 15 |
| 1996 | Mar 9 | Oct 22 | Mar 8 | Oct 22 |
| 1995 | Apr 11 | Nov 28 | Mar 8 | Nov 28 |
| 1994 | Mar 29 | Nov 20 | Mar 28 | Nov 20 |
| 1993 | Mar 14 | Oct 30 | Mar 14 | Oct 30 |
| 1992 | Feb 28 | Nov 6 | Feb 19 | Nov 22 |
| 1991 | Mar 31 | Oct 29 | Mar 9 | Oct 31 |
| 1990 | Mar 15 | Nov 8 | Feb 23 | Nov 29 |
| 1989 | Mar 23 | Nov 2 | Mar 6 | Dec 1 |
| 1988 | Mar 20 | Nov 17 | Mar 19 | Nov 21 |
| 1987 | Apr 1 | Nov 17 | Mar 31 | Nov 17 |
| 1986 | Mar 20 | Nov 13 | Feb 11 | Nov 24 |
| 1985 | Mar 30 | Nov 15 | Mar 5 | Nov 20 |
| 1981 | Mar 8 | Nov 20 | Feb 22 | Dec 18 |
| 1980 | Apr 14 | Oct 29 | Mar 18 | Nov 17 |
| 1979 | Apr 11 | Nov 3 | Apr 11 | Nov 13 |
| 1978 | Mar 17 | Nov 17 | Feb 22 | Dec 4 |
| 1977 | Mar 20 | Nov 9 | Mar 10 | Nov 10 |
| 1976 | Apr 17 | Oct 27 | Mar 5 | Nov 13 |
| 1975 | Apr 14 | Nov 13 | Mar 30 | Nov 13 |
| 1974 | Mar 5 | Nov 25 | Feb 26 | Nov 29 |
| 1973 | Apr 8 | Nov 21 | Apr 8 | Nov 28 |
| 1972 | Mar 29 | Nov 1 | Feb 13 | Nov 21 |
| 1971 | Apr 20 | Oct 31 | Mar 8 | Dec 6 |
| 1970 | Apr 2 | Oct 28 | Feb 4 | Nov 15 |
| 1969 | Mar 25 | Nov 18 | Mar 16 | Nov 19 |
| 1968 | Mar 22 | Nov 26 | Mar 22 | Nov 28 |
| 1967 | Mar 9 | Nov 3 | Mar 8 | Dec 2 |
| 1966 | Mar 23 | Nov 10 | Mar 6 | Nov 10 |
| 1965 | no data | Nov 27 | no data | Nov 29 |
| 1964 | Apr 5 | Nov 12 | Apr 5 | Nov 20 |
| 1963 | Mar 22 | Nov 23 | Mar 19 | Nov 23 |
| 1962 | Mar 25 | Nov 20 | Mar 17 | Nov 20 |
| 1961 | Mar 31 | Nov 3 | Mar 9 | Nov 14 |
| 1960 | Apr 3 | Nov 10 | Mar 17 | Nov 17 |
| 1959 | Mar 22 | Nov 6 | Mar 17 | Nov 6 |
| 1958 | Apr 3 | Oct 31 | Mar 13 | Nov 17 |
| 1957 | Apr 3 | Nov 18 | Mar 24 | Nov 19 |
| 1956 | Apr 4 | Oct 31 | Mar 16 | Nov 2 |
| 1955 | Apr 4 | Nov 8 | Mar 28 | Nov 8 |
| 1954 | Mar 26 | Dec 6 | Mar 14 | Dec 12 |
| 1953 | Mar 5 | Nov 9 | Mar 4 | Nov 20 |
| 1952 | Mar 28 | Nov 9 | Mar 22 | Nov 18 |
| 1951 | Apr 11 | Nov 2 | Mar 29 | Nov 2 |
"none" means the station recorded no freeze at that threshold in that half of the year. "no data" means more than 10% of the season's daily readings were missing. Years with no usable data are left out. See the methodology for the rules, and the ZIP lookup for 1991 to 2020 frost probabilities.